Fred Berry

Fred Berry

Born: March 19, 1951
Died: October 21, 2003
Fred Berry

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Born Fred Allen Berry

March 19, 1951

St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Died October 21, 2003 (aged 52)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Cause of death Stroke, Diabetes, Natural Causes

Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California, U.S.

Occupation Actor, street dancer

Spouse(s) Franchesska Berry (1976-1976)

Franchesska Berry (1978-1980)

Carol Ann Ross (1984-1991)

Darlene Bitten (1994-1999)

Essie Berry (1999-2003)

Children DeShannon Berry[1]

Portia Berry-Allen

Fred Berry, Jr.

From TV's What's Happening!! (1977). Seated, L-R: Fred Berry, Ernest Lee Thomas, and Haywood Nelson (back to camera). Standing: Shirley Hemphill.

Fred Allen Berry (March 19, 1951 – October 21, 2003) was an American actor and street dancer. He was best known for the role of Fred "Rerun" Stubbs on the 1970s television show What's Happening!!

Before starring on What's Happening!! he was a member of the Los Angeles-based dance troupe The Lockers, with whom he appeared on the third episode of Saturday Night Live. He also appeared on the dance music show Soul Train, and was featured in the program's signature line dance segment doing the memorable early 1970s dance step "the slo-mo".

What's Happening!! aired from 1976 to 1979.

He reprised his role as Rerun in the series What's Happening Now!! but he was only on that show for one season. Berry asked for more money than the rest of the cast (believing he was the reason people tuned in). Berry's widow, Essie Berry, told Urbanite magazine at Georgia State University that their unwillingness to pay Fred Berry his due in both shows led to their early cancellations. During the 1990s, Berry became a Baptist minister and lost 100 lbs after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Berry was married five times to four different women, the first of whom he married twice.

On October 21, 2003, Berry died at his Los Angeles home, where he was recovering from a stroke.

He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles.

Filmography

Hammer (1972)

What's Happening!! as Fred "Rerun" Stubbs (1976-1979)

Battle of the Network Stars III as Himself (1977)

Vice Squad as Sugar Pimp Dorsey (1982)

A Stroke of Genius (1984)

Alice, one episode (1984)

What's Happening Now!! as Fred "Rerun" Stubbs (1985-1986)

"I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" by The Temptations, music video (1988)

The Howard Stern Show (1992)

In Living Color as Himself (1993)

Martin (1993), one episode, as Himself (1993)

Murder Was the Case: The Movie (1995)

In the Hood (1998)

Big Money Hustlas as Bootleg Greg (2000)

The Freshest Kids: A History of the B-Boy as Himself (2001)

Bum Runner (2002)

Scrubs, one episode, as Fred "Rerun" Stubbs (2003)

I Love the '70s as Himself (2003)

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star as Himself (2003)

In the Land of Merry Misfits (2005)

Movies for Fred Berry...

In the Land of Merry Misfits
Title: In the Land of Merry Misfits
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A naive young man takes a wrong turn through a mystical tunnel and lands in a fable-like universe where he is forced to assist a whimsical group of misfits in their quest to capture "The Grail of Popularity."
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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Title: Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Character: Self
Released: September 4, 2003
Type: Movie
TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a family to help him replay his childhood and assume the identity of an average, everyday kid.
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Bum Runner
Title: Bum Runner
Character: Can Man
Released: December 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Two greedy ne'er-do-wells try to make one last big score so they can "retire."
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Title: Scrubs
Character: Fred Berry
Released: October 2, 2001
Type: TV
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
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Title: Where Are They Now?
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 1999
Type: TV
Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional and personal status. Each episode was dedicated to another genre. Though not always in sequence, some episodes were a continuation of the motif of episodes from the past. Those episodes sometimes had Roman numerals in their title to signify their sequel status.
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Rerun's Comedy Jam
Title: Rerun's Comedy Jam
Released: February 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Stand up comedy and skits.
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In the Hood
Title: In the Hood
Character: Uncle Paul
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A crime kingpin hires a couple of two-bit criminals to look over his strip-club business, and a whole mess of outrageous trouble ensues.
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Title: Martin
Released: August 27, 1992
Type: TV
Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best friend Pam and escapades with best friends Tommy and Cole.
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Title: In Living Color
Released: April 15, 1990
Type: TV
In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on the Fox Network from April 15, 1990, to May 19, 1994. Brothers Keenen and Damon Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television and was taped before a live studio audience at stage 7 at the Fox Television Center on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The title of the series was inspired by the NBC announcement of broadcasts being presented "in living color" during the 1950s and 1960s, prior to mainstream color television. It also refers to the fact that most of the show's cast were black, unlike other sketch comedy shows such as Saturday Night Live whose casts are usually mostly white. Other members of the Wayans family—Kim, Shawn and Marlon—had regular roles, while brother Dwayne frequently appeared as an extra. The show also starred the previously unknown actor/comedians Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, and David Alan Grier. Additionally, actress Rosie Perez, Dancing with the Stars judge and choreographer Carrie Ann Inaba and dancer Jennifer Lopez were members of the show's dance troupe The Fly Girls. The series won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series in 1990.
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Title: What's Happening Now!!
Released: September 7, 1985
Type: TV
What's Happening Now!! is an American sequel series of What's Happening!! It ran in syndication from 1985 to 1988. Like the previous series, What's Happening Now!! is loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High.
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Vice Squad
Title: Vice Squad
Character: Sugar Pimp
Released: January 22, 1982
Type: Movie
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
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Title: The Brady Bunch Hour
Released: January 23, 1977
Type: TV
The Brady Bunch Hour is an American variety television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in association with Paramount Television, which aired on ABC between 1976 to 1977. The series stars the original cast members of The Brady Bunch, with the exception of Eve Plumb, who was replaced by Geri Reischl. This change led to the reference "Fake Jan". The show began as a 60-minute special titled The Brady Bunch Variety Hour on November 28, 1976. This special led to eight additional 60-minute episodes produced and aired as The Brady Bunch Hour from January to May 1977. The show's events are not included or mentioned in the later spinoffs and revivals.
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Title: The Captain and Tennille
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1976
Type: TV
Hosted by the chart-topping husband and wife team, this 1976-1977 television variety series features a mix of hit music and comedy.
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Title: Alice
Released: August 31, 1976
Type: TV
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
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Title: What's Happening!!
Character: Frederick (Freddy) "Rerun" Stubbs
Released: August 5, 1976
Type: TV
What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, What's Happening!! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series. It remained a regular show until 1979; ratings were modest. What's Happening!! was loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High, also written by Eric Monte.
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Title: Donny & Marie
Character: Self
Released: January 23, 1976
Type: TV
Donny & Marie is an American variety show which aired on ABC from January 1976 to January 1979. The show stars brother and sister pop duo Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond. Donny had first become popular singing in a music group with his brothers, The Osmonds, and Marie was one of the youngest singers to reach #1 on the Billboard Country Music charts. The siblings were offered a weekly show by ABC-TV President Fred Silverman after he saw the duo co-host a week on The Mike Douglas Show which followed their series of popular remakes of oldies, such as "I'm Leaving It Up To You", "Morning Side Of The Mountain", "Deep Purple" and "Make The World Go Away". Donny and Marie were the youngest entertainers in TV history to host their own variety show. A year later, The Keane Brothers would break this record.